Abstract
In this second chapter on the evolution of the freedom principle during the period 1650–1800, I assess the situation in France. I start by discussing Turkish galley slavery in Southern France, and the effects this had on the freedom principle. I proceed by discussing the situation of black, enslaved persons coming to France. After a short historiographical overview, I discuss the most important legislation (the Edict of 1716, the Declaration of 1738 and the Declaration of 1777) and case law (selected cases for which the written memorials have been published). I end with a short overview of the situation in France between the French Revolution and the second abolition of slavery in the French Empire in 1848.
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